3 ms·
I think Gates didn't have anything to worry about regarding Java... at the end of the day, the company that created it went under the water in 2009. Java as a t
by xtracto 5y ago
I think Gates didn't have anything to worry about regarding Java... at the end of the day, the company that created it went under the water in 2009. Java as a technology was great, but as a business just didn't cut it.
- ThrowawayR2 5y agoNobody knew that at the time. 2000 is the peak for both for companies before the dotcom bust and Sun Microsystems had $18.3 billion in revenue, not that far behind Microsoft's $22.9 billion in revenue.
- garbagecoder 5y agoAnd wasn’t part of that that MS made it’s own implementation? One that I recall being preferable as a user.